equilibrium

“For Equilibrium, a Blessing:

Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,

May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul.

As the wind loves to call things to dance,

May your gravity by lightened by grace.

Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth,

May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect.

As water takes whatever shape it is in,

So free may you be about who you become.

As silence smiles on the other side of what's said,

May your sense of irony bring perspective.

As time remains free of all that it frames,

May your mind stay clear of all it names.

May your prayer of listening deepen enough

to hear in the depths the laughter of god.”

John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

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The ground is firm between my feet

a relentless sun

has transformed the earth

once softened by rain

into a baked hardness

remorseless

this harsh world

under my feet

seems to speak of the world

which once substantial, and beautiful

has become twisted

transformed by

power and self-indulgence

into something

Impenetrable and harsh

a wasteland

of hate and greed

a dry and barren land where there is no water

this twisted tilted world leaves me

out of balance

as if the very harshness of

children caged

poor shamed

vulnerable neglected

evil flourishing

without equilibrium

I find myself wishing another ill

Hoping for the eradication of an existence

Returning hate with hate

Intolerance with intolerance

I long for the echoes of Sacred Presence

Rattling around in my soul

Lifting me up

Quenching my thirst

Re-creating me

So that I can once again love

Once again hope

Once again have compassion

So that I may once again

Dance and laugh

With the music of love

Reverberating in my heart

May I find the Sacred within

My I find myself again

And in the extravagance of holy love

May my mind be healed

May my heart be healed

May my soul be healed

May I be at peace